News tagged with central blood

'Green' nanoparticles, that may enhance medication delivery and improve MRI performance

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown a new category of "green" nanoparticles comprised of a non-toxic, protein-based nanotechnology that can non-invasively cross the blood brain barrier and is capable ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trojan horse bacteria use nanobodies to conquer sleeping sickness

Sleeping sickness, caused by the trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted to humans (and animals) via the bite of the tsetse fly. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Microbial Cell Factories ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery in Africa gives insight for Australian Hendra virus outbreaks

A new study on African bats provides a vital clue for unravelling the mysteries in Australia's battle with the deadly Hendra virus.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment

Researchers use a magnetic field to generate both side-to-side and corkscrew-like motions of tiny robots.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Scientists cultivate human brain's most ubiquitous cell in lab dish

Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research may lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders

A group of scientists at Marshall University is conducting research that may someday lead to new treatments for repair of the central nervous system.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers publish results settling multiple sclerosis debate

In an effort to develop therapeutic remedies for multiple sclerosis, scientists debate two possible interventional approaches - but they're on opposite sides of the spectrum. Researchers at Wayne State University's School ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cord blood cell transplantation provides improvement for severely brain-injured child

In three monthly injections, researchers transplanted neurally-committed, autologous cord blood derived cells tagged with iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO) into the lateral cerebral ventricle of a 16-month old child with severe ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human umbilical cord blood cells found to enhance survival and maturation of key brain cells

Laboratory culture (in vitro) studies examining the activity of human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCB) on experimental models of central nervous system aging, injury and disease, have shown that HUCBs provide a 'trophic ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How injured nerves grow themselves back

Unlike nerves of the spinal cord, the peripheral nerves that connect our limbs and organs to the central nervous system have an astonishing ability to regenerate themselves after injury. Now, a new report in the October 1st ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study to examine new treatment for West Nile virus

Neurological and infectious disease experts at Rush University Medical Center are testing a new drug therapy for the treatment of individuals with West Nile fever or suspected central nervous system infection due to the West ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combination treatment for obesity leads to substantial reductions in body weight

Combination treatment for obesity using the drugs naltrexone and bupropion, plus diet and exercise, helps reduce bodyweight by a mean of 5% or more over a year, depending on the dosage used. The findings of the COR-I study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Genetic 'Parts' List Now Available for Key Part of the Mammalian Brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Johns Hopkins and Japanese research team has generated the first comprehensive genetic "parts" list of a mouse hypothalamus, an enigmatic region of the brain — roughly cherry-sized, in humans ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mannitol boosts effectiveness of potential cord blood treatment for cerebral palsy in lab animals

The sugar-alcohol compound mannitol improved the therapeutic effectiveness of human umbilical cord blood cells injected into neonatal rat models of cerebral palsy, reports a new international study led by ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AMD risk on the rise for Asians; retinal vein 'bypass' may help many CRVO patients

The May issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes a surprising, first report on increasing rates of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among Asians, and describes an innova ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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